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The Lehigh Valley's recovery from superstorm Sandy seemed to be proceeding slowly but surely on Wednesday, with streets coming to life and the area's electric utilities saying most power would be restored by the end of the weekend. But the return to normalcy was overshadowed by news that the Valley's death toll from the storm had risen to five. A 66-year-old Carbon County man died Tuesday of carbon monoxide poisoning from fumes from a generator in the garage of his home in the Albrightsville section of Penn Forest Township. His name had not been released. In Lower Macungie Township, Tammy Kerosetz, 48, of the 3600 block of Schoeneck Road, died sometime before 8:30 a.m....

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